The Road to the Ironman – Just like the old days

Sometimes you have to say enough is enough! I mean after months of worrying about how many miles I am suppose to run or how many hours I am suppose to run. Or how about many yards in the pool today? Looking down at that line for an hour or so can get rather boring. And wondering if I am ever going to ride 100 miles on the bike is just plainly enough for one to get a bit depressed. I had enough today! I did something I might have to do a little more often, I simply worked out! How’s that any different the the running, swimming or biking I was just talking about, you might say? Well that is simple, I did what I wanted to do, at the speed I wanted to do it at and I did it for as long as I wanted to do it.

StairMaster for an 1 hour

Ran on the treadmill for a 1/2 hour at 7.0 mph

Weights for 15 minutes

Done

This accomplished a few things

1. It reminded me of my old workouts that helped me lose the 70lbs.
2. I simply lost myself in my thoughts. I didn’t have to worry about counting laps, watching for cars on the bike or wonder why my hip hurts while I run.
3. I smiled and sweated a lot.

I just might do that again this weekend. I do have a small race this Sunday and all this exercise might just make a bit tired, but I am willing to chance it as long as I am enjoying exercising once more. Soon it will be back to the grind, hopefully a little fresher and more focused.

Running totals:

Running miles treadmill: 209.60

Running hours treadmill: 31:45

Running miles outside: 194.60

Running hours outside: 29:20

Biking miles: 989.60

Biking hours: 52:40

Spinning hours: 7:00

Swimming laps (25 yard pool) : 3,578 lengths or 1,789 laps

Swimming distance: 92,900 yards or 52.8 miles

Swimming hours: 20:00

Weight lifting hours: 23:40

Stair Master miles: 92.92

Stair Master hours: 11:50

Stairs in Cancun 1:05

1 pathetic game of volleyball: 1 hour

TOTAL HOURS – 186 hours and 00 minutes